title: [Risk in elective cholecystectomy].
abstract: From 3/1982 to 12/1989 773 patient underwent an elective Cholezystectomy at the Surgical University Hospital of Ulm. In 87% of cases the indication was a symptomatic cholelithiasis, the mean age being 55.4 years for females and 56.6 years for males. Intraoperative complications were rare (2.8%) and of a technical nature. Postoperative morbidity was 15.2%. General disturbances occurred in 10.3% and were age-depended. Local postoperative problems (4.9%) did not show this age-dependent distribution. Residual stones were detected in 0.8% of cases; they were removed operatively or endoscopically or crushed by shock waves. 1.3% of patients had to be re-operated. In the age group under 70 years as well as over 70 years lethality was 0%. In 9 cases (1.16%) a gallbladder carcinoma was found incidentally during the operation. We think that elective cholecystectomy is a safe therapeutic procedure in gallbladder stone disease, which also considers the association of chronic cholelithiasis and gallbladder carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Allgemeine Chirurgie der Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Orth
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Oettinger
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Beger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Das Risiko der elektiven Cholezystektomie.